City of Vancouver Green Bin Program – Food Scraps Recycling Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbsFP4arddc
Composting in a backyard bin at City Farmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8Lk0GRQtk This video really makes me like my trash can composter! The Earth Machines are cool, but where's the ventilation on the sides? I'm tempted to mock the thing by cutting out a door and adding a hinge at the bottom of my trash can, but why bother? I'm really enjoying doing as little as possible to get the composting right. Rat traps??? Something's wrong here. No need to worry about rats if you're covering every single food scrap deposit with a fresh layer of brown materials. Either way, I'm glad Vancouver is composting!
Vancouver organics may hit 50,000 tons a year (article)
originally posted at WRN here: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130415/NEWS02/130419949/vancouver-organics-may-hit-50000-tons-a-year?utm_campaign=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_source=daily_20130415&utm_content=article3 Vancouver expects to nearly double its collection of organic waste to nearly 50,000 tons annually, and needs to build a new organics transfer facility to handle the material. In a "request for expressions of interest," or RFEOI, to city seeks architectural and engineering services for the design of the new facility. "As the City of Vancouver moves to expand food scraps collection from its residents this year, the additional material that will be collected is expected to exceed the capacity of the [Vancouver South Transfer Station]," the city said in the RFEOI. In 2011, the city collected about 26,000 tons of organics from Vancouver homes. That number will rise to almost 50,000 tons, according to the city. The city hopes to have the project…